Combination confectionary and valentine box.



H. RICHTER.

COMBINATION GONFEGTIONERY AND VALENTINE BOX.

APPLIOATIO'NIILED NOV. 29, 1907.

Patented Oct. 20, 1908.

|| Illllllllll Wi tn eons UNITED STATES HARRY RICHTER, OF OMAHA,NEBRASKA.

COMBINATION CONFECTIONERY AND VALENTINE BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 20, 1908.

Application filed November 29, 1907. Setial No. 404,418.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY RICHTER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Omaha, in the county of Douglas and State of Nebraska, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in CombinationConfectionery and Valentine Boxes, of which the following is aspecification. I

The object of this invention is to rovide a box having a lowercompartment or confectionery storage, and an upper receptacle suitablefor holding a valentine securely and in a manner to prevent its injury.

The invention has reference to the method of forming and assemblingleaves for rims and partitions, and the use of movable wings as securinor holding means, and to certain features 0% utility and economy inmanufacture, all fully described herein, pointed out by the claims, andillustrated in the drawing, wherein,- a i p Figure 1 is aperspectiveview, showing the invention after the parts have beenasscn'ibled, Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the confectionery box orlower receptacle. Fig. 3 is a. perspective View of the upper receptacle,and Fig. 4 is a vertical presentation of the invention sectioned'on linea I) c of Fig. 1. Referring now to the drawing for a more particulardescri tion, numeral 1 indicates a rectangularly ormed leaf, being thebottom of the lower receptacle 2, having an up turned rim 3. Securedupon the inner. side of and parallel with the upturned rim 3 of thelower receptacle is the sustaining-leaf 4 having an upwardly-extendedportion 5 passing above the plane of rim 3.

Numeral 6 indicates a rectangularlyformed leaf, .being the bottom of theupper receptacle 7 having an upturned rim 8, and when the parts areassembled the u turned rim 8 is in alinement with sustainmg-lea-f 4 ofthe lower receptacle. I employ the inclosing-leaf 9 which covers thelower part of and is secured upon the u turned rim 8 of bottom 6, saidinclosing-lea having a less width'than rim 8 and having an extendedportion 10 passing below the plane of bottom 6. The inclosing-leaf 9 isdisposed upon the same plane as the upturned rim 3 and thereforeincloses the upwardly-extending portion 5'of sustaining-leaf 4.

Numeral 11 indicates a rectangularlyformed leaf, being the top of lid 12having a transversely-formed rim 13, and the latter,

I when the parts are assembled, is in alinement l with inclosing-leaf 9.As thusconstructed,

the weight of the upper receptacle rests conjointly upon the upturnedrim 3 of the lower receptacle and sustaining-leaf 4 and any sidewisemovement ofthe' upper receptacle upon this seating is prevented byreason of inclosing-leaf 9 contacting with the upper portion '5 ofsustaining-leaf 4; the upturned rim 8 and its contact with transverserim 13 prevents any sidewise movement of the lid.

The upper and lower receptacles and lid may be assembled as a unit andmay be readily separated, as is evident; and the construction affords avery convenient and secure compartment for the storage of confectionerywithin box '2, and a valentine or other similar article may be securedas hereinafter described within the upper receptacle, the latterpreferabl having a deeper chamber than the lower ox. It will be notedthat, since the inclosingleaf 9 has a less width than rim 8, the upperreceptacle has a greater depth than the lower re'ceptacle,'so longas thewidth of rim 13 remains unchanged, and this difference in depth isdesired for the uses mention-ed. The base of the valentine or articlewithin the upper receptacle is indicated at 14 and rests upon the bottom6, and, in-order that it may be securely held within this receptaclewhen cover 11 may be removed, and that it may be held or secured uponthe bottom thereof to prevent the valentine from making contact withcover 11, Wings 15 are employedythese wings are constructed, preferablyof card board with integ, ;ral flanges l6 adhesi'vely' secured u on theinner sides of the upturned rim 8 midway between the ends of the upperreceptacle; and since this material is flexible, the wings may be bentupon their flanges to swing transversely with reference totrim 8toapositionabove and ad j acent bottom 6 and base 14, so that the loweredges or bases 17 of the wings contact with the base 14 of the valentineto secure the latter within this receptacle and prevent a contact withthe cover during shipment or handling, and thereby prevent defacement orinjury. As thus described, the device affords a secure housing for thesearticles, and by reason of the formation and arrangement of parts, itmay be economically constructed.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is,

1'. A confectionery and valentine box comprising a first rectangularlyformed leaf provided at its edges with an upturned rim and having aninner sustaining-rim secured thereon extended in't-he plane of saidupturned rim to form a lower receptacle; a second rectangularly-formedleaf provided at its edges with an integral upturned rim and having anouter inclosing-rim extended below the plane of said integral upturnedrim to form an upper receptacle; flexible holding-wings having flangessecured upon the inner sides of the integral upturned rim of said secondrectangularly-formed leaf and adapted to have a movement to a positiontransverse thereto; said upper receptacle adapted to be seated upon thelower receptacle to cause its integral upturned rim and its outerinclosing-rim to be disposed in alinement, respectively, with theupturned rim and the inner sustaining-rim of said lower receptacle; acover adapted to have a seating upon the upper receptacle and providedwith a down-turned rim disposed in alinement with; the inclosing-rim ofsaid upper receptacle, the weight of said upper receptacle restingpartly upon the upturned rim of the lower receptacle and partly upon theinner sustaining rim of said lower receptacle.

2. In a combined confectlonery andvalentine box, the combination with alower box-- like receptacle of an upstanding member which lies withinsaid box-like receptacle and projects above the edge thereof entirelyaroundsaid receptacle, an upper box like receptacle which rests uponsaid upstanding member, a vertically disposed member surrounding saidupper box-like member and projecting below the lower edge thereofentirely therearound, the lower edge of said vertically disposed memberresting upon the upper edge of the lower box-like receptacle the edge ofthe upper receptacle projecting above said vertically disposed member, acover having a downturned edge which rests upon the upper edge of thevertically disposed member and flexible wings secured to the inner wallsof the upper receptacle and adapted to be bent inwardly over the bottomof said receptacle.

In testimony whereof I have aiiixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

HARRY RICHTER.

Witnesses:

HIRAM A. STURGES, G. D. PRENTISS.

